Colour testing in UK

[Simbapony]

Hi All

Just wondered where is the best place to get colour testing done - unless you are going to tell me x2 bays <> black then I wont waste my money.
New boy looks very black, but is registered as dark bay so was interested to see.

Thanks

 

[Springs]

Difficult one and we always say colour is not guaranteed

I think animal genetics can do a test so have a look at there web site, others on here may have a better opTimon.

 

[DabDab]

Yes two bays can produce a black horse if that's what you are wondering. For testing I used animalgenetics.com a few years ago and can't fault the service.

 

[Asha]

I used animal genetics UK . Very easy to do . Just go on the website and download the form , send off the hairs and you should have the results in a week /10 days .
Cost me £20 to test for the grey gene , but for a full colour analysis I think it’s a fair bit more .

 

[ycbm]

Hi All

Just wondered where is the best place to get colour testing done - unless you are going to tell me x2 bays <> black then I wont waste my money.
New boy looks very black, but is registered as dark bay so was interested to see.

Thanks

Does he have lighter colour hair on his muzzle? I was always told true black is black right to the end of the muzzle. I've owned several horses I called black but they weren't all true black.

 

[MatHalTed]

Animal Genetics UK is the most reliable out of the UK / EU based ones. Wish we had one like UC Davis in the USA though.